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10 U.S.C. § 901

Art. 101. Improper use of countersign

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 901, Art. 101. Improper use of countersign, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/432908
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Any person subject to this chapter who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

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